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communities20
culture20
oral traditions20
folklore16
literature and folklore16
language and languages13
english language - dialects11
community life7
manners and customs7
archive administration4

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Olayemi, Rufus V K5
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S2
Traynor, Helena M2
Ashton, John1
Byrne, Packie Manus1
Clinch, Angela Jane1
Dewes, Koro1
Dunn, Ginette1
Emovon, Joshua A1

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An Annotated Collection of Visayan Riddles from Leyte and Samar, Philippines

Vilches, Ma Luz C

1980

M.A. dissertation comprising an annotated collection of riddles from the Philippines (islands of Leyte and Samar), gathered by the collector from the archive of the Divine Word University Museum in Ta...

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Some Chewa Folk Stories from Central Malawi

Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S

1978

M.A. dissertation which discusses a methodological approach to the study of Chewa traditional narratives, drawing on fieldwork carried out in the Central Region of Malawi between August 1975 and Septe...

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Maori Folk Literature 1

Dewes, Koro

1974

This file contains photocopies of two typed papers by Koro Dewes, being 'Maori Literature: A Tentative Framework for Study' ( Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Anthropology and Maori), ...

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Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale

Olayemi, Rufus V K

1971

M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...

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Sound Recordings, Nigeria

Olayemi, Rufus V K

[1960s]

Adult male and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Tales told in the Egba, Odeda, Egbado, Anago and Awori...

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Sound Recordings, Nigeria

Olayemi, Rufus V K

[1960s]

Adult and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Includes also narration and chants, with listeners' respons...

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Sound Recordings, Nigeria

Olayemi, Rufus V K

[1960s]

Adult male informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Tales related in Ekiti, an Ado sub-dialect.

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Sound Recordings, Nigeria

Olayemi, Rufus V K

[1960s]

Adult and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Children possibly recorded at a school. Tales related in Eg...

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Sound Recording, Malawi

Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S

6 September 1975

A. F. Mbulma, recorded in Ntcheu, relates three Chewa traditional narratives; unidentified male storyteller relates fourth narrative. The first three tales are entitled 'The Thunderbolt', 'The Two Bro...

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Sound Recording, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male Maori informant, recorded on 20th May 1973 in Gisborne, New Zealand; introduces himself and the collector, and describes the circumstances of their meeting; talks about his own research into Maor...

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Sound Recordings, Norfolk and West Yorkshire

Traynor, Helena M

1977

The vicar of Heacham gives a history of the story of Pocahontas, including reference to the Rolfe family (Princess Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in the seventeenth century); buried in Gravesend in 161...

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Ibibio Folktale Night: An Introduction to Ibibio Oral Literature

Ikiddeh, Ime

1966

M.A. thesis presenting a general survey of the oral form of Ibibio folktales ( Nigeria), and a study of sample prose and verse tales known by the collector and seen in the context of a single night's ...

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